WELCOME NEW RESIDENT DJ

FROM THE DESK OF THE EAGLE

PORTLAND, OR — The Eagle has acquired new hardware. Not a fixture, not a fresh coat on the booth — a body, behind the decks, and he's staying.

Everybody put your hands together, or your drinks down, or whatever you've got free, for Joseph Mattachine — DJ, producer, and the newest name to hold a permanent slot in this bar's rotation.

Joseph rolled in from Denver, which we're told is a fine city for skiing and a less fine city for finding a dance floor that actually moves. Portland's gain, evidently. He brought a record bag that doesn't sit in one lane — House, Disco, Acid, Italo, and whatever sits in the cracks between them — and a production catalog of his own to go with it, which is more than most people show up with on night one.

We didn't hire a DJ. We hired a whole late-1970s European disco basement smuggled through customs in a laptop bag, and frankly that tracks for this building.

Starting now, Joseph holds down every 4th Saturday for L.U.R.E. — which means you've officially got a date circled, a reason to plan the outfit two weeks out, and no excuse.

Go say hello. Follow the man. Then show up and let him work.

@josephmattachine Everything else, links and all: linktr.ee/josephmattachine

See you on the floor.

— The Eagle

COCKTAIL: THE ITALO IMPORT

Built for a man who crossed a state line to make you dance. Bright, a little synthetic, goes down easier than it should.

Glass: Coupe Ice: None — served up

Spec:

2 oz gin

0.75 oz Aperol

0.5 oz fresh lemon juice

0.5 oz simple syrup

2 dashes orange bitters

Soda splash to finish

Build: Shake everything but the soda hard with ice, strain up, top with a short splash of soda for lift. Garnish with an orange twist, expressed and dropped.

Bar note: Served every 4th Saturday for L.U.R.E. — one per person until the drop, then it's water for the rest of you.